Is a Moori tip worth it?

[Hunter]

I recently started using Moori soft tips. They are as hard as anyone else's medium tips, but seem to grab the CB better. I do use a tip pick about every other outing to keep the glazing from happening. I think that anyone that uses Moori mediums (I did for years) should try the soft tip out. I'm sure sold!

 

[SCCues]

I recently started using Moori soft tips. They are as hard as anyone else's medium tips, but seem to grab the CB better. I do use a tip pick about every other outing to keep the glazing from happening. I think that anyone that uses Moori mediums (I did for years) should try the soft tip out. I'm sure sold!

I switched to Moori soft (Slow) tips also and I agree with you. To me they are a medium hardness tip that is called a soft tip and they play excellent.

 

[Maniac]

i am thinking about gettin a moori put in my cue. i have shot some balls with one before but not long enough to know if i would like one for good. I am used to paying about 10 bucks for a triangle to be installed on my cue. the last time i got a tip put on it was done incorrectly so i just want another tip. I just want to know if it is worth 35 bucks to get one put on my cue. do they last?

I don't know if they stock Moori's (or Snipers for that matter) or not, but check out the Service Dept. at Fort Worth Billiards for installing a tip. They'll do it while you wait. $11.00 for an Elk Master. The number is 817-377-1004. The address is 2312 Montgomery (Fort Worth). It is about 3 to 4 blocks North of Interstate 30, on the left. Good luck and good shooting!!!

Maniac

 

[RBLilly]

NO tip gets "better" english than another. It's all in the quality of your stroke. The next time you see Randy, ask him, and see if he doesn't tell you the same thing. Many players prefer one tip over another, but that is just a personal choice. A player can make a cue perform with any tip, provided they have a solid, repeatable stroke. Layered tips will generally last longer than solid tips...but if you don't mess with the tip, any tip will last a long time. I get a couple years use out of mine, playing every day...and I break with the same cue.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

Ok maybe I should re word that comment then. The tip grabs the best out of any tip that I have played with. To me if a tip grabs well then you can apply more spin. (That may not be true, but I feel it is.) I have been using the same stroke since I left pool school and I still prefer the Sniper over any of the Moori tips. The soft is the worst of the moori tips, they wear quicker glaze faster, and I am used to the hit of a hard tip so I don't like those tips at all. The medium tip for moori is a bit better about holding it's shape and not glazing as fast, but it still doesn't hold a candle to the sniper tip. Then the hard tips from moori are fairly decent and again they glaze over quicker. The sniper requires so much less maintence and to me hold chalk a lot better. After all, in order to apply english the tip should hold chalk well. That is what I was meaning by able to apply more english. To me the sniper performs the best so to me it plays better. But as with anything in this sport it all comes down to personal preferance.

 

[Snapshot9]

The only way

you get a bad roll is if you are playing on faulty equipment. If you are playing on a good table, there are NO bad rolls. The balls simply go where you direct them to go. It's called taking responsibility for your own actions.

 

[DJKeys]

Moori Qs

i am thinking about gettin a moori put in my cue. i have shot some balls with one before but not long enough to know if i would like one for good. I am used to paying about 10 bucks for a triangle to be installed on my cue. the last time i got a tip put on it was done incorrectly so i just want another tip. I just want to know if it is worth 35 bucks to get one put on my cue. do they last?

I have had a cuemaker installed moori q (hard) on my Prewitt cue since January and I play 3-4 times a week. I just had the tip replaced last week, and that is because I like a fatter tip ( along with a fatter 13mm shaft). Most players I know would have kept the tip I just replaced for a number of months more. In my experience, Mooris last longer, don't change shape and just compress in the same shape they started with minimal care. Definitely worth the money in my opinion, as you can get them for about $11 retail and have a cuemaker install it for about $20.

 

[pfduser]

I bought a snipper and tried to install it myself and really screwed it up.Any hints on how to install these tips?One other thing,the snipper tips seemed really soft,are they supposed to be soft?

 

[Joseph Ortega]

you get a bad roll is if you are playing on faulty equipment. If you are playing on a good table, there are NO bad rolls. The balls simply go where you direct them to go. It's called taking responsibility for your own actions.

wrong thread???

 

[Cuedog]

Sniper tip

I bought a snipper and tried to install it myself and really screwed it up.Any hints on how to install these tips?One other thing,the snipper tips seemed really soft,are they supposed to be soft?

Sniper tips are considered medium hard. There are some cue repairmen that find the Sniper hard to install and they have lathes and experience. I have installed well over 1000 of them so I don't share their thoughts on installation difficulty.

The Sniper seems to satisfy almost anyone that has played extensively with one, but have it installed by a professional if you can.

Gene

 

[Wolven]

My Moori soft mushroomed like hell. I know some Elk Masters that hold better shape. Medium Moori I find hard to control. Sniper has to be the best tip I have ever tried. Holds shape, doesn't mushroom, lasts forever, great control for a very hard medium tip. A new Sniper really grabs the ball with time less but still very good. Excellent tip.